Teach

I have taught K-12 students in Music at Chesterton Senior High School, undergraduate students in Anthropology at the University of Iowa, undergraduate and graduate students in Anthropology and Sociology at Valparaiso University, undergraduate students in Anthropology and Sociology at Lake Tahoe Community College, undergraduate students in American Studies at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, and community members Anthropology at the Jewish Community Center of Houston. I have also served on master’s theses and dissertation committees, including at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

I feel quite fortunate to have been recognized with the national AAA/McGraw-Hill Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching of Anthropology (American Anthropological Association, 2005), the statewide Hayward Award for Excellence in Education (California Community Colleges, 2003), and the local Lake Distinguished Faculty Member award (Lake Tahoe Community College, 2013) and the Instructor of the Year Award (Tahoe Community College Associated Student Council, 2004).

My teaching experiences have included a number of interesting opportunities and I wanted to share some of those here. Below you will find some videos related to my teaching as well as a few publications that focus on pedagogical theory and methods.

Teaching Videos (click to view)

Anthropology @ Lake Tahoe Community College

Anthropology @ Lake Tahoe Community College

Sociology @ Lake Tahoe Community College

Sociology @ Lake Tahoe Community College

Introductory Issues - SOC 106 (Crime & Society)

Introductory Issues - SOC 106 (Crime & Society)

Press

LTCC Instructors Honored

Tahoe Daily Tribune, October 9, 2013

Hayward Announcement

Tahoe Daily Tribune, April 1, 2003

AAA Award Announcement

Anthropology News, October 2005

Teaching Award Winners Offer Advice

Anthropology News, February 2009

Hayward Announcement (AAA)

Anthropology News, December 2003

AAA Teaching Workshops

Anthropology News, January 2007

Learning about 911 and Ourselves

Tahoe Daily Tribune, February 4, 2003

CCC Anthropology Conference

Anthropology News, April 2006

Education Briefs

Tahoe Daily Tribune, December 19, 2005

Instructors Recognized by College

Tahoe Daily Tribune, October 9, 2013

LTCC Students Learning the Impact of Gender Bias in Ads

Lake Tahoe News, September 21, 2012

Readings

An Analysis of Student Success in Reflexive Online Classroom Assignments

Invited workshop participant and project author.

Teaching as a Form of Anthropology, Anthropology as a Form of Teaching